Days 4,5,6 ...

I have lost track of the days! It has been a whirlwind adventure; hiking miles thru Edinburgh, climbing castles, towers and thru Royal Garens.

We are now in the Highlands. Just lovely. We drove to Inverness, and by that I mean, my son drove and I sat back, relaxed and enjoyed the scenery. A quick drive thru town and then south to a lovely pull off spot and down to the loch. Windy, but beautiful. The sky was clear; the water an amazing blue. Almost navy in spots and just a wonderful contrast to the soft, light spring green of the leaves. Spring is still coming here.

On to a castle, or I suppose I should say, the ruins of a castle. Breathtaking views from there. The castle was called Urquhart Castle and was the site of many battles. My son and his wife know an astonishing amount of Scottish history and it is fun when they share their stories. Sometimes they disagree about the validity of their versions...

Some of the names of places are hard to say. They don't say them they way we might expect. Of course, that may be because the true pronunciation is with a Scottish accent! So, to say the name of Urquhart Castle it sounds more like Err-kit.

After Urquhart, we drove down to Fort William to stay at a B&B for the night. Our proprietress was a lovely Scottish woman with an wonderful accent. She showed us to our rooms and then left us so we could "settle our bits 'n bobs". She gave us some recommendations for places for dinner and we had a lovely meal up the street. I even tried a bite of Sean's haggis!

More adventures to come!

Days 2 and 3 in London

Day 2 is a bit of a blur. We arrived in London in the afternoon and got on a train from Heathrow to Paddington Station. We got off and walked, with suitcases, 15 minutes to our hotel. Not too bad. Checked in, washed our faces and teeth, changed and headed out to see the area.

We are staying close to Notting Hill and Kensington so off we went to Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and the palace. It was a gorgeous afternoon to walk around outside. We wandered around the park, saw the palace (we did not pay to go inside), saw the Peter Pan staute and many others.

Then we wandered to Portobello Road. By then it was late (we did not leave the hotel until almost 4pm) and everything was closing up. But we did get a feel of the place,  saw many fun doors and other great architecture.

Dinner was at a local pub where Jim got the standard fish and chips and a pint. Those who know me- yes, I got a pint and no, I did not finish. Jim helped me so it was not embarrasing.

By then, it was 9 pm, still light out and I had been up for ... Oh heavens, I can't do the math! Let's just say, more than 24 hours and leave it at that!

Day 3 involved 2 rides on the tube, the "Original" sightseeing double decker bus, stops at the Tower, Westminster Abbey, Liberty of London and lots of walking! We wish we could have fit in more places, but we rode by a lot of them! A lovey dinner at Zizzi's and tomorrow it is off to Scotland!

Can you say whirlwind?

Day one

We are on a trip to London and Scotland to visit our son and his wife in Scotland. They moved there last Labor Day and we are anxious to see them.

So far we have made it from Colorado a few days ago to Connecticut. Today we drove to JFK. It took 3 hours to get here on what should be an 1 1/2 hour drive. Oh well. we made it.

And now we wait as our flight is delayed. But, that's OK. We are here and almost on our way!